Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-10
LOCAL BREy1TIEs.

warded to the East yesterday.
The East-bound overland express train
was again run in two sections last night.
The colored people of Sacramento will
nave their annual picnic at Cothrin's Grove
to-day
There was heavy rain-storm up north
yesterday, but on the hilln the weather
was pleasant.
There are messages at the Western Union
telegraph office for James Russell, l. Cham
pion and P. N Potten.
The body of Tommy Norton, who was
drowned in the Sacramento few days ago
has not yet been recovered.
Several fast horses were Yesterday taken
over to Woodland by Messrs. Haslett and
Downer, to take part in the races soon to
be given there.
Yesterday strong southerly wind held
| the waters of the Sacramento back to such
an extent that the gauge only indicated a
hight of 10 feet
Sheriff Lord, of Nevada county, passed
through yesterday, en- route for the State
Prison at Folsom with Chinaman named
An Tuck, who is to serve three years for
burglary.
| There will be match game of baseball
at the Red Mems picnic at Cothrin's Grove
between picked mines from the Sacramento
High School and Capital Grammar School.
The purse is SIS.
Mary Bevan was yesterday, in Depart
ment Two of the Superior Court, granted
| divorce from Chas. A. Bevan, on the ground
of adultery. They were married in Wood
land several years ago.
Powers and Mullee signed with the Atlas
| yesterday for the season. One or two more
| first-class men would give the nine suffi-
Gent strength to insure the right of way to
the first position in the league.
Alexander Petrie, laborer working at
the front of the California and Oregon Rail
| road, who was severely injured by the I'M
expected explosion of blast last Saturday,
| has been brought to the Railroad Hospital
| in this city.
Frank Van Ness and o. A. Hickok went
East last night on the overland train, with
| the trotters Harry Wilkes, Arab and others
IN one car, and there were number from
Palo Alto In another car, purchased by par
| ties iii Pennsylvania.
| The city prison is at present undergoing
| cleansing and whitewashing process. and
| the lumber has been ordered for some
necessary improvements, which can be
made by some of the prisoners during their
| enforced " hours of idleness."
The Chico Guard has invited Company
u, OF this city, to attend picnic and grand
| time generally to take place on the 18th
and 18th instants, at the City of Roses"
There Will probably be other excursionists
from this city on the occasion.
A little boy about years of age was
| badly bitten about the thigh YESTERDAY
morning by dog owned by Mr.. Breen, on
Ninth street, between ] and K Applica-
ton was made by the mother of the child
to the police to have the animal killed.
By direction of the Board of Supervisors,
brick masons yesterday commenced the
work OF adding about five feet to the hight of
the walls surrounding the county Jail yard,
which will probably prevent prisoners from
escaping SO easily, hereafter, as they have
recently done.
The Roseville Band gave very success
full picnic at Chatterton's Grove on DRY
Creek, last Saturday. There was large at
tendance and great enjoyment, the games
and amusements being numerous and
varied, while those DESTROYS of dancing had
excellent opportunity.
A dispatch received from Washington
Yesterday says that the Secretary of the
Interior has affirmed the decision of the
Commissioner of the General Land Office
cancelling Theodore L. Emellot's entry of
section and part of section 2, township 2,
range 10, Sacramento District, and ordered
that John F. Schance be given the land on
prior entry.
The average signal service temperature
yesterday was 81 50 which is 6 90 cooler than
the mean average temperature for that dav
during nine years. The highest and lowest
temperature was $50 and 40, with gentle
to fresh and brisk southerly winds, and
clear to cloudy and clear, with several
in L lnc Of ,o,,, Il . 4
The sailboats Viva and Bertha and the
skill Twilight were out on the river Sun
day. as well as several others. One of the |
gusts of wind so numerous that afternoon
capsized the Twilight near Sutterville, and |
the Viva, going to the assistance of her |
crew, met like fate. The Bertha came |
along soon afterwards, and took the boats !
and crews to shore.
These arrests were made Yesterday
Thomas Fallon, by officers O'Meara and |
Sullivan. for being drunk; Oscar Addison,
George Williams and June Lemott, by Of
ficers Rowland and Carroll, for petit lar
ceny. The last three are small bows,
charged with stealing old iron, ETC., the |
property of w. w. Wade. They were al
lowed to go home on promising to be in
Court in the morning.
The Sacramento Band of Hope visited
the District Lodge of Good Templars while |
1t was In session on Saturday afternoon.
Alter being introduced and welcomed by
officers of the lodge, they rendered the fol-
lowing temperance programme in man
ner that reflects great credit upon the Off
GERS and ladies having charge of the Band
Dialogue, by Richard and Frank Coyne
Rotations, by Richard Coyne, Gertie Tap
pan, Lille McCan, Oracle Walker. and
Sadie Robinette; song, Taste Not Touch
Not by the Robinette sisters odes, by
the Band, etc.